Glenn Greenwald of The Intercept has a powerful commentary about the perils of self-appointed curators ferreting out so-called "fake news." Greenwald takes to task the Guardian for its recent article supposedly summarizing a recent interview with WikiLeaks founder Juilan Assange. Assange: This article is about how those false claims – fabrications, really – were spread all over the […]
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Man Bites Watchdog, Russia Election Hack & Zika Hype
Above, Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction John Sopko Here's what's coming up Sunday on Full Measure. I speak to former Obama Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, David Shedd, who explains why it's so tough for our intel agencies to determine whether Russia or anyone else tried to influence our elections. He says even if […]
Less Than Transparent: Journalists Fault Obama
The following is based on a letter to the Obama White House from the Society of Professional Journalists When President Obama took office, he gave journalists great hope by promising unprecedented transparency. The reality has proven to be eight years of slippage in nearly every facet of openness. As the president prepares to leave office, the […]
Media Coverage of Trump's Taiwan Phone Call
The following is a news media analysis. Is there too much news media coverage of Donald Trump's phone call with Taiwan's leader or is it fair? No and no. My take here: https://video.foxnews.com/v/video-embed.html?video_id=5236183998001 Preorder my new book: The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives Control What You See, What You Think and How You Vote
U.S. soldiers plead guilty in military human smuggling ring
Two U.S. Army soldiers caught with two illegal immigrants in their vehicle last June have reportedly plead guilty to human smuggling. Marco Antonio Nava, Jr. and Joseph Cleveland were arrested last June. They told authorities it wasn't the first time they'd smuggled illegal aliens into the U.S. for payments of $1,000 or $1,500. They named other military […]
A Run for the Border
You may not hear it reported on the news, but there's a massive rush to cross the southern border into the U.S. by hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants. We have exclusive new numbers that show people are coming from places as close as Mexico and as far away as Pakistan in troubling numbers, stressing the […]
What the News Isn't Saying About Vaccine-Autism Studies
This story was updated Nov. 27, 2016 to add results of new survey of vaccinated vs. unvaccinated children [The following news analysis and commentary was first published Dec. 31, 2015] A new study this week found no link between vaccines and autism. It instantly made headlines on TV news and popular media everywhere. Many billed […]
Corruption on the Border
Surveillance video shows Customs and Border Protection officers on the take---corrupted by drug cartels and human traffickers. The biggest fear? That terrorists could sneak into the U.S. and even smuggle in weapons of mass destruction. We'll take you inside an F.B.I. border corruption task force as they track down agents on the take. That's Sunday […]
